Husband's Frame, Wife's Fierce Justice

s after Alec left. Her

"Your husband signed the initial paperwork. He li

me pointedly. "Is that

was already building a narrative. The uns

a different chart from behind the clipboard. "This is your actual re

and professional detachment. "This is

pain a constant companion. I remembered telling Alec about it during one of his brief, pre-trial visit

you, Haven. I' ll alw

a j

y savings were gone, spent on lawyers Alec

oice. I had

d ring. "What is it, Ha

said, my voice flat.

ait? You have no idea what I' m dealing with right n

l. Then Alec' s tone changed, becoming gentle and soothing

le I was lying in a hospit

f whatever I thought we had, finally withered and died. The pain in

The feeling was t

laugh that tore from my throat, raw and full of despair. I laughed until my s

il I was comp

urse came in. "Your surgery ha

llmate. My friend. The only person who had my back for three helli

d swore. "Flores, what th

ettes onto my bedside tabl

s was a stra

d?" she asked, lighting

ght about it. I thought about the man I mar

ta. I don' t want him in jail. I want him to lose everything. His career.

tta grinned, blowing a smok

voice gaining strength. "I need a ne

ened. "For you,

. He rushed in, feigning panic, demanding to see my ch

ed him the proced

ashing over his face. He actually look

rom my bed, a d

ce cold. "Pretending to care n

"Haven, that

ed." He tried to explain the falsified report, blaming an o

his. "Did you fire them? Or just give them a stern